National Cillery of Art Washington, D.C. 20565 CALENDAR OF EVEN National Gallery of Art January 1977 JUAN GRIS. Fantomas Chester Dale Fund NEW ACQUISITION The installation of Treasures of Tutankhamun at the Gallery has been de­ A major cubist painting by Juan Gris has signed to reveal the aesthetic qualities of each object as well as to recently recreate the excitement of the tomb's discovery through large period been acquired by the National Gallery. Entitled photo murals. The goddess Selket, one of the most spectacular objects, Fantomas, the picture was purchased through the was discovered surrounding the large gilded shrine which held the Chester Dale Fund and is on view in gallery 76 with king's viscera. the collection of cubist pictures by Picasso and TREASURES OF TUTANKHAMUN Braque. The still life depicts a pipe, newspaper, The exhibition of fifty-five gold, alabaster and bowl of fruit, glass and a copy of one of the jeweled objects from the famous tomb of Tutankh­ Fantomas books, a series of French detective novels amun continues on view at the National Gallery popular in Paris in the second and third decades of through March 15. Although long lines have been en­ this century. Painted in Paris in the summer of 1915, countered, especially on weekends and in the morn­ the Gris is a crucial work in the development of the ings, many visitors coming on weekday afternoons synthetic cubist style, when the expressiveness and especially Sundays between 6 and 8 p.m. have which had matured in the collage technique of been able to get into the exhibition without waiting. earlier cubist works was translated into paintings in oil. The ancient Egyptians loved life. The elaborate burials of their dead were meant to continue the KRESS PROFESSOR TO LECTURE happiness of their earthly existence. This concept of Wolfgang Lotz, distinguished scholar of medieval the afterlife entailed mummification, or the and Reniassance art and architecture, will give the preparation of the body for eternity. Food, clothing, Sunday Lecture on January 9 entitled Looking at furniture, hunting equipment, games, and other Michelangelo's Architecture at 4 p.m. in the Gallery necessities filled the tomb. Carved or painted images Auditorium. Professor Lotz is the National Gallery's of the deceased were added as resting places for the Kress Professor in Residence for the first half of the spirit in case the mummy was destroyed, and 1976-1977 academic year and is Director of the statuettes called shawabtys were provided to do work Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institut) in for the deceased in the next life. Magic spells, Rome. inscribed on the tomb walls or written on papyrus INAUGURAL WEEK scrolls, protected the spirit. A concert in honor of the inauguration of the Around 1325 B.C., Tutankhamun was buried, at the President and Vice President of the United States age of eighteen or nineteen, in a four-chamber tomb will be held in the East Garden Court, Sunday in the floor of the Valley of the Kings. Many of the evening, January 16, 1977, at 7 p.m. The concert, five thousand objects in the tomb were created solely given by the National Gallery Orchestra, Richard for funerary purposes; others were made for the Bales, conductor, will feature Mr. Bales' patriotic king during his lifetime and were added to the burial cantata The Republic and include a recording of the equipment. To Tutankhamun, all of the items were ringing of the Liberty Bell. The presentation of the necessities for his afterlife. To us, they are magnificent cantata has become a tradition at inauguration time works of art and glorious expressions of the past. since it was first performed in 1955. SPECIAL CHRISTMAS WEEK EVENING HOURS In celebration of the inauguration, special extended hours will be in effect inauguration week, January 18 For the exhibition Treasures of Tutankhamun, there through 22. The Gallery will be open until 9 p.m. all will be special evening hours until 7 p.m. during the that week for viewing the Tutankhamun exhibition. Christmas holidays, December 27 through 30. The Gallery's regular hours are Monday through The Gallery will be closed on New Year's Day. No Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 12 noon to educational services will be offered on Inauguration 9 p.m. Day, January 20. National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art MONDAY, December 27 through MONDAY, January 3 through MONDAY, January 10 through MONDAY, January 17 through SUNDAY, January 2 SUNDAY, January 9 SUNDAY, January 16 SUNDAY, January 23 COLE. The Voyage of Life: Manhood (detail) POUSS1N. The Assumption of the Virgin DROUAIS. Group Portrait PICASSO. Pedro Mariach 'PAINTING OF THE WEEK 'PAINTING OF THE WEEK 'PAINTING OF THE WEEK 'PAINTING OF THE WEEK Cole. The Voyage of Life: Manhood Poussin. The Assumption of the Virgin Drouais. Group Portrait Picasso. Pedro Manach (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund) Gallery 60 (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund) Gallery 52 (Samuel H. Kress Collection) Gallery 55 (Chester Dale Collection) Gallery 76 Tues. through Thurs. 12:00 & 2:00; Sun. 3:30 & 6:00 Tues. through Sat. 12:00 & 2:00; Sun. 3:30 & 6:00 Tues. through Sat. 12:00 & 2:00; Sun. 3:30 & 6:00 Tues., Wed., Fri., & Sat. 12:00 & 2:00; Sun. 3:30 & 6:00 TOUR OF THE WEEK TOUR OF THE WEEK TOUR OF THE WEEK Subjects from the Old Testament. Rotunda TOUR OF THE WEEK The Morris Louis Exhibition. Rotunda Tues. through Sat. 1:00; Sun. 2:30 Subjects from the New Testament. Rotunda Tues. through Thurs. 1:00; Sun. 2:30 Tues. through Sat. 1:00: Sun. 2:30 Subjects from the Apocrypha. Rotunda Tues., Wed., Fri., & Sat. 1:00; Sun. 2:30 TOUR TOUR Introduction to the Collection. Rotunda TOUR TOUR Introduction to the Collection. Rotunda Mon* through Sat. 11:00 & 3:00; Sun. 5:00 Introduction to the Collection. Rotunda Introduction to the Collection. Rotunda Mon. through Thurs. 11:00 & 3:00 Mon. through Sat. 11:00 & 3:00; Sun. 5:00 Fri. 11:00, 1:00 & 3:00; Sun. 5:00 Mon. through Wed., Fri., & Sat. 11:00 & 3:00; FILMS in conjunction with the Tutankhamun show Sun. 5:00 Tutankhamun's Egypt: "The World of the Gods" & FILMS in conjunction with the Tutankhamun show FILMS in conjunction with the Tutankhamun show "Tutankhamun" Tutankhamun's Egypt: "The Pharaoh" & "The Land" FILMS in conjunction with the Tutankhamun show Tutankhamun's Egypt: "Art and Artisans" & "War Auditorium (40 minutes) Mon. through Sat. 12:00 Auditorium (40 minutes) Mon. through Sat. 12:00 and Trade" Tutankhamun's Egypt: "The Nile Fleet" & "The Temple" Auditorium (40 minutes) Mon. through Fri. 12:00 SUNDAY LECTURE SUNDAY LECTURE Auditorium (40 minutes) Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., & Looking at Michelangelo's Architecture Sat. 12:00 SUNDAY FILM Speaker: Wolfgang Lotz Charles I of England: The Most Successful Collector in the History of the Western World The Night of Counting the Years Kress Professor in Residence SUNDAY LECTURE Auditorium (1 hour 40 minutes) 4:00 National Gallery of Art Speaker: Rosamond Bernier Auditorium 4:00 Founding Editor of L'Oeil Magazine An Unidentified Florentine Masterpiece Author and Lecturer, New York Speaker: Everett Fahy SUNDAY CONCERT Auditorium 4:00 Director SUNDAY CONCERT National Gallery Orchestra The Frick Collection, New York Nelda Ormond, Soprano Auditorium 4:00 Richard Bales, Conductor SUNDAY CONCERT Viennese New Year's Concert James Selway, Pianist East Garden Court 7:00 East Garden Court 7:00 National Gallery Orchestra Richard Bales, Conductor SUNDAY CONCERT * 11" x 14" color reproductions with tests for sale this week 25( each. All concerts, with intermission talks by members of the National Gallery With Catholic University Chorus and Soloists William Tim Read, Harpsichordist Minimum mail order $1.00. Staff, are broadcast by Station WGMS-AM (570) and FM (103.5) East Garden Court 7:00 East Garden Court 7:00 National Gallery of Art MONDAY, January 24 through SUNDAY, January 30 B1NGHAM. The Jolly Flatboatmen (detail) # PAINTING OF THE WEEK Bingham. The Jolly Flatboatmen (Lent by The Honorable Claiborne Pell) Gallery 60A Tues. through Sat. 12:00 & 2:00; Sun. 3:30 & 6:00 TOUR OF THE WEEK Subjects from the Legends of the Saints. Rotunda Tues. through Sat. 1:00; Sun. 2:30 TOUR Introduction to the Collection. Rotunda Mon. through Sat. 11:00 & 3:00; Sun. 5:00 FILMS in conjunction with the Tutankhamun show Tutankhamun's Egypt: "Death and Burial" & "The Warrior Pharaohs" Auditorium (40 minutes) Mon. through Sat. 12:00 SUNDAY LECTURE Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections Speaker: Franklin W. Robinson Director, Graduate Program in the History of Art Williams College, Williamstown Auditorium 4:00 SUNDAY CONCERT Leonidas Lipovetsky, Pianist East Garden Court 7:00 #8" x W" black-and-white photographs for sale this week $1.00 each; descriptive text available at no charge..